I have had the opportunity to
live with Stealth cables for about 5 months now. I have enjoyed them very much
and continue to recommend them. Although I am not as descriptively
articulate as many audio reviewers, I thought I would share my positive
Stealth cabling experience and contrast them to 2 other cable sets which are
considered to be very high-end.

The Stealth Experience

While exploring the vast array of audiophile cabling, I had the good fortune
to be directed toward Stealth speaker cables and interconnects by Interlink
House. Serguei Timachev at Interlink House provided me with some solid
theory behind his designs and material choice. I enjoyed our conversation
and felt that there was good reason to give them a try (not to mention a
money back guarantee). He recommended the following speaker cable and
interconnect configuration based on my listening preferences and equipment:

Stealth Configuration:

Cross-wrapped Silver (XLR) Interconnects

Fine Ribbon Silver Speaker (6ft) - High frequency of Bi-wire

Premier Copper Speaker ( 6ft) - Low frequency of Bi-wire

Varidig AES/EBU Digital Interconnect

I installed the recommended cable set, broke them in, and began to listen.
The improvements experienced were more than subtle nuances and were in fact
quite dramatic.
All the common words for describing the effects of good high-end cabling
(neutral, dynamic, open, detail, rich in tone and harmonics ... etc.) can be
used, but with new meaning.

After extended auditions through various moods and musical genre, I came to
the conclusion that the Stealth cable set was a synergistic part of my
system. There was no apparent sonic signature other than transparency. The
new found "truth" from my cabling upgrade allowed me to discern effects of
other system tweaks which used to have minor impact but now seem to be first
order. I tweaked and adjusted, speaker placement, room acoustics, vibration
control, and power conditioning over the course of a month. My system
configuration was left relatively static for the following month as I
enjoyed the dramatic improvements.

A Comparison of Stealth with Cardas & Transparent

While talking up the impact of Stealth cables I was offered an opportunity
to contrast it to 2 other highly revered systems; Cardas Golden Reference,
and Transparent Reference XL (Solid State). I auditioned these systems for
1 month each. I did not make an A/B comparison, but instead relied on my
over-all impression following the audition period.

Current System:

Proceed AVP (Processor/DAC)

Proceed PMDT (Transport)

Bryston 7BST (Mono Blocks)

B&W Nautilus 802

Cardas Configuration:

Golden Reference (XLR) Interconnects

Golden Reference Bi-wire Speaker (8ft)

Stealth Varidig AES/EBU Digital Interconnect

Transparent Configuration:

BRXL SS (Balanced Reference XL Solid State) Interconnects

RXL SS (Reference XL Solid State) Speaker (8ft)

Stealth Varidig AES/EBU Digital Interconnect

Stealth Configuration:

Cross-wrapped Silver (XLR) Interconnects

Fine Ribbon Silver Speaker (6ft) - High frequency of Bi-wire

Premier Copper Speaker ( 6ft) - Low frequency of Bi-wire

Varidig AES/EBU Digital Interconnect

Both the Cardas Golden Reference and Transparent BRXL/RXL SS configurations
sounded very good (as they should $$$). The differences between the 3
configurations is very subtle as are most things high-end. Still I did
perceive a difference. The Cardas Golden Reference very closely matched the
Stealth. Both are very neutral but the Stealth seems to be a little more
full range, dynamic, and for lack of a more descriptive word, musical. The
transparent BRXL/RXL SS was neutral, dynamic and articulate in the
bottom-end. However it seemed to miss some of the openness in the high end.

All in all, I would have to say that I prefer the Stealth configuration over
the Cardas Audio and Transparent Cable systems. It's not a common thing to
say in the high-end audiophile world where sheer expense often determines
your preference.

Even for those that may not agree with my preference, the differences are
subtle and the Stealth was compared with cables at 2 to 10 times the price.
Definitely worth a good long listen.

Conclusion:

I walked away from the auditioning experience knowing that the Stealth cable
system not only had the best cost/performance ratio, but was also the best
overall for my system. The end result is a very neutral system providing
what I believe to be the best dynamics, tone, fullness, and detail my system
is capable of. There is a focus and sound stage that is both realistic and
very enjoyable. It seems to truly reflect the characteristics of the
recording across a wide range of genre. Most importantly it does not sound
like the components it is comprised of, but like music.